Category: Alabama
Growing Up in Selma
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/02Mar17-Dianne-Harris-Selma-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dianne Harris grew up in Selma, Alabama. The city is still her home today. Perhaps she could never have imagined…
A Tribute to a Bug
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/01Mar17-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)In the middle of a busy intersection you will find one of the most unique monuments in the world. While…
When Cotton Was No Longer King
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/27Feb17-Enterprise-Boll-Weevil-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Cotton was king in the southern U.S. in the early 20th century. However it was one of the tiniest of…
Nothing Here to See?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/16Feb17-Cawhawba-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people who come here will say there’s nothing to see. However, others will find things everywhere both from the…
The Forgotten Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/15Feb17-Cawhawba-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Maybe you had to memorize the state capitals when you were in elementary school. Today’s feature is about one that…
Establishing a State Capital
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/02/14Feb17-Cawhawba-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When the thirteen colonies began to grow into more states, those new governments had to establish capitals. Many of those…
Uncovering Treasure in Lost Luggage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/05Aug16-Lost-Luggage-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some describe it as a hunt for lost treasure. Others think it would be like hitting the lottery. It’s a…
Losing Parts of Your F-16
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/04Aug16-Lost-Luggage-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Who would pack a surfboard in their luggage to go on an airplane? Someone did, and then lost the surfboard. …
Where Does Lost Luggage Go?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/03Aug16-Lost-Luggage-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where does lost luggage go? Perhaps you’ve wondered that if you’ve ever landed at an airport and your bags didn’t…
A Very Large Museum to Industry
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/14Mar16-Sloss-Furnaces-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the kind of place kids would love to climb around, on and through. It’s also a place that tells…
Building Rails, Building Fortunes
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/02/11Mar16-Sloss-Furnaces-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to imagine today’s largest city in Alabama didn’t even exist at the time of the Civil War. However,…
A Symbol of Freedom and Equality
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/19Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a church that symbolized the march for freedom and equality, yet it’s a site of blood spilled in the…
A Place Dubbed Bombingham
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/18Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was time for change, but for those who spoke out, their life was in grave danger, in a place…
Passionate for the Cause
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/09/17Sep14-Birmingham-Civil-Rights-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The attack on this pastor’s home was meant to kill him. Instead, it inspired him. In fact, those who wanted…
A Surprise in Law Enforcement
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/21Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1963 this city’s police force brutally attacked Gwen Webb. Just over a decade later, she was a member of…
Jailed for Participating in Civil Rights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/18Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In May of 1963 hundreds of Birmingham school students were jailed for participating in Civil Rights marches. There were so…
Children on the March in Birmingham
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/17Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The images from Birmingham were difficult to watch. Kids under the age of 18 where being knocked off their feet…
A Pivotol Moment in Civil Rights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/16Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Gwen Webb was a high school student in one of Birmingham, Alabama’s segregated public schools. In early May 1963 she…
The Effort to Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/15Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is said that in the early 1960s, there was no large city more racially segregated that Birmingham, Alabama. It…
